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downloads.State

The State type of the downloads API defines different states that a current download can be in.

A downloads.DownloadItem's state property will contain a string taken from the values defined in this type.

Type

Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:

in_progress

The browser is currently receiving download data from the server.

interrupted

An error broke the connection with the server.

complete

The download completed successfully.

Note: These string constants will never change, but new constants may be added.

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
State
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 22 (Release date: 2012-09-25)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 47 (Release date: 2016-06-07)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android 48 – 68 (Release date: 2016-08-02)
footnote Removed in 79 and later
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support

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Full support
No support

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.downloads API.

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